Stranger's Top Rental Gets Flushed Away on Sales Chart

March 10th, 2007

There was only one new release in the top five on the rentals charts this week but that new release was Stranger Than Fiction, which took first place with $6.77 million.
Places two through four were all within $500,000 of top spot. The Departed remained in second place with $6.57 million while Babel falling from first to third with $6.38 million. The Prestige landed in fourth place with $6.23 million for the week and $14.19 million in total. Coming in fifth place with $5.38 million was Man of the Year

The best of the rest was A Good Year in eighth place with $2.85 million while Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny opened in 10th place with $2.66 million. In 12th place was The Return with $2.58 million. All three films earned between 32% and 38% of their theatrical totals during their first week of release, however, all three failed to live up to expectations in theaters. The only other new release to chart this week was the direct-to-DVD release Journey to the End of the Night, which took in $2.04 million.